Professional pilots can be perfectionists regarding preflight planning, cockpit resource management and adherence to SOPs. So, why is it that a large percentage of them aren’t equally fastidious about what’s in the fuel tanks of their aircraft?
The union is ready to sit down with Onex and Advanced Integration Technologies regarding their plans, Molina told union members. “We are always willing to explore opportunities to create and maintain union jobs in Kansas."
Cleveland, Ohio-based Nextant Aerospace has opened a resale division with its first aircraft, a 2012 Nextant 400XT. Plus, Bombardier CEO Alain Bellemare discusses the Learjet 85 and his priority for business aircraft. And the EPA’s proposed finding that aircraft emissions contribute to climate change and endanger public health launches a process to set a regulatory standard — being developed by ICAO — for aircraft carbon dioxide emissions.
At the 2015 Aerospace Media Awards dinner held June 14 in Paris, B&CA Senior Editor Fred George was honored with the Best Business Aviation Award for his February cover story: "Bombardier Learjet 85 – The Window of Opportunity Slams Shut."
You knew it was coming — oh, yes, you did — the impending deadline to purchase and install Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast avionics in your aircraft to retain access to U.S. controlled airspace after Jan. 1, 2020. The same cutoff applies to ADS-C, or “Contract,” equipage, necessary for operation in oceanic airspace and requiring flight crew training and, unlike ADS-B, an FAA Letter of Authorization, as well. Five years may seem like a lot of time …
Volcanic eruptions can cause widespread flight disruptions. Now Israel’s Elbit is working to upgrade its low-visibility enhanced vision systems to detect ash clouds.
It is supersonic chicken-and-egg: a low-boom demonstrator is needed to enable quiet supersonic transport, but is there market demand for a demonstrator?
As pilots we learn to deal with crosswind landings almost from Day One of our training. Chances are this was in a primary flight trainer that weighed less than your car and was accomplished with what some call the “wing low” method, something more properly called a sideslip. This could very well be a valid technique for the airplane you are flying now but probably isn’t.
Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, N.J., was the most popular business aviation airport in May 2015, according to an analysis of acukwik.com traffic. Paris Le Bourget Airport and Doha-Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, were the only airports outside North America to crack the top 10.
During May 2015, Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, N.J., was the most popular business aviation airport among U.S., Canada and Mexico airports, according to an analysis of acukwik.com traffic from that period.
Dassault Aviation expects the Falcon 5X to make its first flight this summer. Plus, analysts say the company is revamping the super midsize Cessna Citation Longitude in advance of its expected debut later this year. NetJets' CEO chairman and CEO resigned, and two executives who recently left NetJets are returning to the company. Business Jet Center's new Love Field hangar can accommodate Gulfstream 650s or Global Expresses.
Qatar Executive's service portfolio has received a significant boost, as Qatar Airways' private jet division expands its aircraft management business from its Doha-hub.
Cessna Aircraft Company has announced that the Citation Latitude business jet has achieved type certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
ExecuJet Aviation Group of Switzerland has been acquired by Luxaviation, Europe's leading business aviation group, based in Luxembourg. The transaction sees Luxaviation acquire the entire share capital of ExecuJet and become the second largest corporate aircraft operator in the world.
A full static ramp and crowded exhibition halls at the annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition this year belied the financial woes of much of Europe.
Dassault Aviation rolled out its new Falcon 5X business jet during a June 2 ceremony at its Merignac final assembly facility here, before an audience of hundreds of customers, vendors, operators and media.
